Engineering:List of optical disc manufacturers

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This aims to be a complete list of optical disc manufacturers, including pre-recorded/pressed/replicated, record-able/write-once and re-writable discs. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see a manufacturer that should be here but is not (or one that should not be here but is), please update the page accordingly. This list only lists manufacturers - not brands. For example, many Maxell DVDs are made by Ritek or CMC magnetics. Many companies use equipment from Singulus Technologies. This list includes both CD, DVD and Blu-ray recordable and rewritable media manufacturers (like Ritek), and disc replicators (companies that replicate discs with pre-recorded content, like Sony DADC).


A

B

  • BeAll [1]
  • Bluray Korea

C

  • CD Video Manufacturing Inc.
  • CDA, Inc[2]
  • Cinram (went bankrupt due to shrinking demand, purchased by Technicolor SA)
  • CMC Magnetics

D

  • Discmakers
  • Daxon Technology
  • Discovery Systems (Defunct)[3]

E

  • EMI (sold to Cinram)

F

G

  • Gigastorage Corporation[7]

H

  • Hitachi Maxell (Maxell, stopped)[8][9]

I

  • Imation (stopped)
  • Infodisc (stopped)[10]
  • Infosmart Technologies

L

M

N

  • New Cyberian

O

P

  • Pandisk Technologies[20]
  • Philips
  • Plasmon Data Systems (Defunct in late 1990's)[21]
  • Prodisc
  • Pressing-Media www.pressing-media.com
  • PrimeDisc [22]
  • Princo Corp[23] (seems to have stopped, as of 2020 they no longer appear on their home page)[24]
  • Panasonic (Matsushita) (last made DVD-RAM, stopped due to shrinking demand, still makes Blu-rays[25]) Ending production of blu-ray discs for recording in Feb 2023[26]

R

S

T

  • JVC / Taiyo Yuden (stopped due to shrinking demand, assets sold to CMC magnetics)
  • TDK Corporation (former)[32]
  • Technicolor SA
  • Toshiba-EMI (sold to EMI Music Japan in 2006)[33]
  • Traxdata

U

V

W

  • WEA Manufacturing (sold to Cinram)

References

  1. ↑ "BeAll Developers - About DVD-R". http://www.bealldev.com/eng/05.htm. 
  2. ↑ Peralta, Katherine (12 April 2019). "Two manufacturers are laying off nearly 400 people across the Charlotte region". https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article229184634.html. 
  3. ↑ "Discovery Systems". https://www.discogs.com/label/275711-Discovery-Systems. 
  4. ↑ "Fujifilm [Global]". https://www.fujifilm.com/products/storage/pdf/fujifilm_datamedia_catalog_dvd_01.pdf. 
  5. ↑ "F.A.S. Development Corporation". https://fasdevcorp.com/faq.html. 
  6. ↑ "F.A.S.". https://www.discogs.com/label/630268-FAS. 
  7. ↑ "Gigastorage Corporation - Corporate History". http://eng.gigastorage.com.tw/about.aspx?id=235. 
  8. ↑ "Production of recording media such as Hitachi Maxell and DVD-R is finished". 4 March 2008. http://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20080304_maxell/. 
  9. ↑ "Maxell to no longer manufacture discs, blow customers away". 4 March 2008. https://www.engadget.com/2008-03-04-maxell-to-no-longer-manufacture-discs-blow-customers-away.html. 
  10. ↑ DVD6C terminated DVD license agreement cdrinfo.com
  11. ↑ "Lead Data Inc - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets". https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/2443:TT. 
  12. ↑ "Home". https://www.memory-tech.co.jp/. 
  13. ↑ "Memory-Tech". https://www.discogs.com/label/63066-Memory-Tech. 
  14. ↑ "Company Profile". http://www.microworks.com.sg:80. 
  15. ↑ "Mitsui Gold Archival DVD-R and DVD+R". http://www.conservationresources.com/Main/section_6/section6_12.htm. 
  16. ↑ "Mitsui/MAM-A Gold DVD-R & DVD+R". https://www.mediasupply.com/mam-gold-dvd.html. 
  17. ↑ "MAM-A Inc., The Gold Standard". http://www.mam-a.com/. 
  18. ↑ "[Disc-Connect MAM-A Discs explained"]. http://www.disc-connect.com/MAM-A/MAM-A.html. 
  19. ↑ "OptoDisc- High Quality Duplication Grade Media". https://www.optodisc.com/index.htm. 
  20. ↑ "PARI: Articles". https://www.pari.com.ph/articles_industry.html. 
  21. ↑ "History (1997): Plasmon Withdraws CD-R Production - StorageNewsletter". 31 October 2021. https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2021/11/09/history-1997-plasmon-withdraws-cd-r-production/. 
  22. ↑ "Produce Lasting Media | PrimeDisc". http://www.primedisc.com.hk/en/. 
  23. ↑ "Hiring: Princo Optoelectronics Corporation". http://www.pinoyrefresher.com/2017/11/hiring-princo-optoelectronics.html. 
  24. ↑ "Princo Corp - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets". https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/8053:TT. 
  25. ↑ "Panasonic Advantages | Blu-ray Disc™ | Panasonic". https://panasonic.net/cns/blu-ray_disc/advantage.html. 
  26. ↑ "Panasonic to End Production of Blu-Ray Discs for Recording | Nippon.com". https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2023012401037/panasonic-to-end-production-of-blu-ray-discs-for-recording.html. 
  27. ↑ "DVD-Video Disc and Burner Formats; DVD-R vs DVD+R". http://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/media/dvd-formats.htm. 
  28. ↑ "SKY". https://ez647.sk/sky.html. 
  29. ↑ "SKY Media Manufacturing (Switzerland) SA". http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/skymedia/index.html. 
  30. ↑ "OPTICAL DISC | Summit Creation". https://www.smsummit.com.sg/optical-disc-products. 
  31. ↑ "SM". https://www.discogs.com/label/28059-SM. 
  32. ↑ GmbH, finanzen net. "TDK Corporation Announces Withdrawal From the Manufacturing of Recordable CD&DVD Accelerating the Restructuring Recording Media Business | Markets Insider". https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tdk-corporation-announces-withdrawal-from-the-manufacturing-of-recordable-cd&dvd-accelerating-the-restructuring-recording-media-business-16879. 
  33. ↑ "Toshiba EMI Outsources its CD Production to Memory-Tech | Cdrinfo.com". https://www.cdrinfo.com/d7/content/toshiba-emi-outsources-its-cd-production-memory-tech. 
  34. ↑ "Company Profile_XhongHang YuMing (AnYang) ScienceTechnology LTD.". https://www.avic-ume.com/en/Company.html. 
  35. ↑ "VIVASTAR". https://ez647.sk/vivastar.html. 
  36. ↑ "USA - Vivastar DVD-R | Afterdawn Discussion Forums". https://forums.afterdawn.com/threads/usa-vivastar-dvd-r.258480/. 
  37. ↑ "Disc quality is key to CD-Rs". 21 May 2001. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-05-21-0105210276-story.html. 

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